The Question Book: What Makes You Tick?

125 Pages·2014·1.21 MB·English

by  Mikael Krogerus

THE QUESTION BOOK
Also by Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschäppeler
THE DECISION BOOK
THE QUESTION BOOK
WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?
Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschäppeler
Translated by Jenny Peining
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHILIP EARNHART
CONTENTS
Instructions for use
Four rules of the game
Last year
Right now
Rituals & routines
(Guilty) pleasures
Communicating
Career
In the office
What your boss thinks about you
Being the boss
What your colleague thinks about you
Mind & body
House & home
Pick your three
Confessions
Money & possessions
Who you are
Who you really are
Men & women
Principles & values
Politics & beliefs
Thinking green
First time – last time
Travel
Childhood memories
Your family
You and your siblings
What your parents think about you
Love
What your partner thinks about you
Single life
Sex
Your friends
What your friends think about you
Making decisions
Thinking about having children
Being a parent
Happiness
A question of faith
Fears & anxieties
Your future
Dying
Final questions
Your questions
Still got questions?
Thanks
Authors
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
This book started life with a really good question: why do people so rarely ask a
really good question?
This question turned into an experiment: what would happen if we compiled all
the questions we’d ever wanted to ask, but for whatever reason had kept to
ourselves? Questions that we kick ourselves afterwards for not asking, questions
that get us thinking or make us laugh.
We discussed and debated, reflected and read. And above all we did something
that we don’t do often enough: we asked questions. The experiment turned into a
book, which you are now holding: 616 provocative, stimulating, revealing,
challenging and eye-opening questions.
You can fill out The Question Book alone like a diary. You can use it to pass the
time during a long train or plane journey – or use it as the basis for your
memoirs! You can use The Question Book to find out whether you are reaching
your potential at work, to lighten up a dull dinner party, or to draw a family
member out of their shell. You can use it to spice up your relationship, or to
finally get to know your parents – and it may lead to some heated discussions
with your children. With this book you’ll get even the shyest person talking. We
believe everyone has a good story to tell: you just need to ask them the right
questions.
Use The Question Book as you like: start from the back, scribble all over it, add
your own questions. But don’t expect any answers from us. The answers lie with
you.
FOUR RULES OF THE GAME
1 Don’t think about a question for too long; go with the first answer that comes
into your head.
2 There are no right answers, only honest ones.
3 No answer is binding. It can always be revised.
4 We all admire people who have good answers. And we admire people who ask
good questions even more. But most of all we are touched by those who can
really listen.
THE QUESTION BOOK
LAST YEAR
Think about the last twelve months of your life and answer the following
questions: 1 Your book of the year:
2 Your song of the year:
3 A film that you saw in the last twelve months: 4 Your item of clothing of the
year: 5 The best sex:
6 The most important person:
7 The most annoying person:
8 A person you apologised to:
9 A person that you got to know:
10 A person you lost/left:
11 A person you neglected:
A person who neglected you:
12 A bad argument: 13 Which of your friends did you see the most last year?